Sooner or later we all experience that sudden onslaught of hot flashes, mental fuzziness and roller coaster emotional mood swings, which generally hit us out of the blue. We don't, however, have to go through it alone.

A few years back my girlfriends and I started speculating about where and how we’d like to live when we get “old” or retire. Since “old” always seems to be at least 10 years older than we are now, it’s an ongoing conversation.

Facetime and Skype have sent hordes of us to plastic surgeons offices, because, like Nora Ephron, we hate our necks….and the way our jawlines look on our iPhones and webcams. Before you go under the knife, consider these simpler solutions.